USS Phoenix (CL-46)

USS Phoenix (1944)
History
United States
Name	Phoenix
Namesake	City of Phoenix, Arizona
Ordered	13 February 1929
Awarded	22 August 1934
Builder	New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey
Cost	$11,975,000 (contract price)
Laid down	15 April 1935
Launched	12 March 1938
Sponsored by	Mrs. Dorothea Kays Moonan
Commissioned	3 October 1938
Decommissioned	3 July 1946
Stricken	27 January 1951
Identification	Hull symbol:CL-46 Code letters:NAJJ
Honors and awards	11 × battle stars
Fate	Sold to Argentina, 9 April 1951, as ARA 17 de Octubre [1]
History
Argentina
Name	17 de Octubre
Namesake	17 October 1945, the day popular demonstrations forced the release of Juan Perón
Acquired	9 April 1951
Renamed	ARA General Belgrano (C-4)
Namesake	Manuel Belgrano
Fate	Torpedoed and sunk on 2 May 1982, during the Falklands War by HMS Conqueror
General characteristics (as built)[2]
Class and type	Brooklyn-class cruiser
Displacement	10,000 long tons (10,160 t) (estimated as design) 9,767 long tons (9,924 t) (standard) 12,207 long tons (12,403 t) (max)
Length	600 ft (180 m) oa 608 ft 4 in (185.42 m) lwl
Beam	61 ft 7 in (18.77 m)
Draft	19 ft 9 in (6.02 m) (mean) 24 ft (7.3 m) (max)
Installed power	8 × Steam boilers 100,000 shp (75,000 kW)
Propulsion	4 × geared turbines 4 × screws
Speed	32.5 kn (37.4 mph; 60.2 km/h)
Complement	868 officers and enlisted
Armament	15 × 6 in (150 mm)/47 caliber guns (5x3) 8 × 5 in (130 mm)/25 caliber anti-aircraft guns (8×1) 8 × caliber 0.50 in (13 mm) machine guns
Armor	Belt: 3+1⁄4–5 in (83–127 mm) Deck: 2 in (51 mm) Barbettes: 6 in (150 mm) Turrets: 1+1⁄4–6 in (32–152 mm) Conning tower: 2+1⁄4–5 in (57–127 mm)
Aircraft carried	4 × SOC Seagull floatplanes
Aviation facilities	2 × stern catapults
General characteristics (1945)[3][4]
Armament	15 × 6 in (150 mm)/47 caliber guns (5x3) 8 × 5 in (130 mm)/25 caliber anti-aircraft guns (8×1) 4 × quad 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors anti-aircraft guns 2 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors anti-aircraft guns 18 × single 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannons

USS Phoenix (CL-46), was a light cruiser of the Brooklyn-class cruiser family. She was the third Phoenix of the United States Navy. After World War II the ship was transferred to Argentina in 1951 and was named General Belgrano in 1956.^[1] General Belgrano was sunk during the Falklands War in 1982 by the British submarine HMS Conqueror

She was laid down on 15 April 1935 by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey; launched on 13 March 1938; sponsored by Mrs. Dorothea Kays Moonan; and commissioned at Philadelphia Navy Yard on 3 October 1938. Her name was in honor of the capital city of the state of Arizona.^[1]